PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS
PAST SIMPLE
REGULAR VERBS
PRESENTPAST
listen
play
watch
listen ed
watch
played
ed
He
He
He
Yesterday…
ed
ed
PAST
listen
watch
played
He
He
He
his favorite song
football
television
yesterday.
yesterday afternoon.
yesterday evening.
1.To form the past simple of regular verbs we add ed
RULES
RULES
2.- If a verb ends in _e
-like-love-hate
-arrive-move-dance
We add «d»
-liked-loved-hated
-arrived-moved-danced
RULES
3.- If a verb ends in consonant + y
-cry-copy-study
-try
We add «ied»
-cried-copied-studied
-triedDon’t use this rule: vowel + y -enjoy enjoied enjoyed
- play plaied played
RULES4.- If one-syllable verbs
ends in consonant+vowel+con
sonant
-stop-plan-clap
We double the last consonant
-stopped-planned-clapped-begged
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